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i in Axles for Vehicles;

cured a box, B.

- be cut longitudinally in its upper side for the axle A nach Usmestent; www'.

MATTHEW ROSS FREEMAN, OF .MAOON, GEORGIA.

Letters Patent N 105,793, dated July 26, 1870.

vTo all whom may concern B e it known that I ,Mu'rimw Ross Firearms',of4 Macon, in the county of Bibb and State of Greorgia,.l

useful Improvementshaveinvented certain new and and do hereby'declarethe following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionthereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and totheletters of reference'marke'd thereon, forming a part -of thisspecification. AThe nature of'xny invention consists ,in theconstrution.andarrangement of. a double orcompound axle, applicable 'toall vehicles on wheels, including railroad cars. In order toenableothers skilled in .the art to which my invention appertaius to makeandnse thesame, I will Vnow proceed to describe its construction andoperation, referring' `to the annexed drawings,A in which A .v Figure lis a front view, part in section, and

Fig-ure 2 s-.a cross-section. A represent-s the main axle, which may bemade of woodor iron,`according to the kind of vehicle where it is to beused.' K r At the end of the axle A', on the under side, isse- 4 This-box may be of' any desired length, and-of such width that a. groove orrecess may to lie in, said groove or recess being offsnch depth thattheupper side of the axle and the upper edges ot the box will be evcn orliush'with each other.

The box B is then held by means of two sti'rrups the under sidezot' thebox.

The upper ends 'of the rods C G pass through the ends ot" cross-bars DD, and are secured by nuts, as shown, the bars D D being conntersunk inthe axle A and upper edges of the box B, so as to present an evensurface and prevent slippin lner, the A making, as it were, a'solidwheel and spindle.

Lengthwise through the box B, under the axle, is.

a hole, through which passes the spindle, E, provided with a. collar, a,at the outer 4end of the 4box B, and held from coming vont of the sameby a nut, b, at its inner end. .l

Y The outer end of the spindle outside of the col` lara, 'is square andtapering, so that when the wheel G is put on this endand fastened in theusual manspindlewill revolve in the box with the wheel,

.Washers maybe placed upon arm E, so'that, in the -eventof Vshrinkageoi' the hub, one or more of the washers may be removed and the wheelforced up -further upon the arm.

This arrangement secures lightness of draft and strength of wheel andaxle. 1t gives each wheel an independent motion, which is quite anadvantage on railroad coaches, allowing greater speed and lessdanindependent vof the other.

Its application to carriages -or wagons can readilybe seen, as well asthe advantages for repairs on the wheel oif box without interfering withthe main construction of the vehicle. Having thus fully described myinvention,

lger on short-turns, as each wheel has'its own motion W hat I claim asnewand desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The box B, provided with a tronghor recess for Vthe 'axle A to restin, substantially as described.

2; The combination of the axle A, boxa B, rods C C, bars D D, spindle E,and wheel G, all constructed and arranged. substantially as and'ior thepurposes herein set forth. s

In testimony whereof I this specification in the witnesses have signedmy name to MATT. R'. FREEMAN.

' Witnesses: H. M. Gammes, S. VALENTINE.

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